Jack Hays and Craig Welko are taking a 10-minute break.
Jack Hays and Craig Welko are taking a 10-minute break.
Craig Welko moved all in for 1,215,000 on the button and Jack Hays called.
Craig Welko: K♣8♠
Jack Hays: 7♦7♣
Welko was racing for his tournament life, and he took the lead on the K♦10♠8♣ flop with two pair. The rest of the board ran out 4♠A♦, and Welko stayed alive.
"Do you have one of those?" Jack Hays asked Craig Welko, pointing to the championship ring put between them on the table.
"I do," Welko replied.
"I do not," Hays said.
Hays then raised to 225,000 on the button and Welko called. Both players checked to the river on a board of 8♣9♣K♣4♣3♠, and Hays then bet 500,000. Welko quickly folded.
Craig Welko limped the button, Jack Hays raised to 400,000, and Welko folded.
Welko then raised to 225,000 on the button a few hands later, Hays three-bet to 800,000, and Welko folded once more.
Craig Welko raised to 225,000 on the button and Mike Scarborough and Jack Hays called in the blinds.
All three players checked the 8♣6♥5♣ flop. Welko then bet 275,000 on the 7♠ turn, and Scarborough moved all in for 1,300,000. Hays called, while Welko got out of the way.
"You got the nuts? Damn," Scarborough said as he showed K♦9♦, but Hays had 10♠9♠ for the nut straight. The river was the 8♦, and Scarborough was eliminated in third place.
Mike Scarborough raised to 200,000 on the button and Jack Hays and Craig Welko called in the blinds.
All three players checked the J♦8♥J♥ flop. Hays then bet 300,000 on the 2♠ turn, and only Welko called.
Hays bet another 400,000 on the 4♣ river, and Welko called. Hays showed 2♣2♦ for a full house, and Welko mucked.
Jack Hays raised to 250,000 in the small blind and Craig Welko called in the big blind.
Both players checked the K♥2♣3♠ flop, and Hays then bet 300,000 on the 8♣ turn. Welko called.
The 9♥ river was checked down, and Welko showed 8♥7♥ for a pair of eights. Hays mucked A♠J♥.
Mike Scarborough raised to 225,000 on the button and Jack Hays called in the small blind.
Both players checked the K♥J♣10♣ flop. Scarborough then bet 225,000 on the 9♠ turn, and Hays raised to 700,000. Scarborough folded, and Hays flashed the 9♥ as he took the pot.
Scarborough and Hays then went to a flop of 7♥3♠J♣ in a pot between the blinds when Hays bet 125,000. Scarborough called.
The 5♠ turn was checked through, and Hays bet 250,000 on the 6♠ river. Scarborough called.
"You know what I got," Hays said as he showed 4♦4♣ for a straight.
"Pretty cool river," Scarborough said, mucking J♠5♦.
Mike Scarborough and Jack Hays checked to the turn on a board of 3♠3♥A♥6♠ when Scarborough led out for 150,000 from the small blind. Hays called in the big blind.
Scarborough bet another 150,000 on the 5♣ river. "Such a tiny bet. If you bet 400, I would snap your ass off," Hays said as he took a minute. He eventually called with 8♦6♦, and Scarborough mucked.
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000